IC 2556
IC 2556
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
117 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 117 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2556 as it looked roughly 117 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 2558Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3087Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3260Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3273Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartIC 2584Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3100Lenticular8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3087Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3260Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3273Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartIC 2584Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3100Lenticular8.0 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).